I'm looking to buy a 16 port Netgear Gigabit switch. The two models I've picked out are the JGS516 and the GS516T. The GS516T costs about $70 more, but I can't figure out what the differences in specs are. Does anyone have experience with either of these?
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Re: Need advice on a couple Netgear switches
Warranty, packet latency, power consumption, 2000 Mbps full duplex, are the differences I see right off the bat.
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I have Zyxel GS-1008 and its great with intel 1000mt cards. Maybe GS-1016 is good also. Works with fan disconnected.
both Zyxel and Netgear have crapcaps
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One thing I didn't think about- My Router/DHCP server/Firewall/VPN system has a 10/100 nic in it. If I upgrade to Gigabit on just my media server and desktop systems, will I have problems because the DHCP server is on 10/100? There is no need for me to put a GB card on the DHCP system because the cable modem is only 10/100 anyway.
But I figure that once the DHCP server gives each system an IP address, all other traffic is just between the other machines and will not be bottlenecked, correct?
I really need to learn more about networking... I don't even know what Layer 2, Layer 3, VLAN, and a bunch of other stuff means. I only know how to make cables and set up most basic servers and such. Some of the crazy stuff they have in big enterprise networks would make my head explode
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You can put a faster switch on the LAN and it will support slower devices just fine, unless it is a Pizzashit or other such cheap make.
I have a Netgear 1gb 16-port switch on my LAN, and none of the workstations have anything faster than 100mb. No worries. I bought the Netgear instead of Linksys, because it doesn't have cheap little fans inside.
I suppose it has cheap little caps instead.
I suppose recapping the switch will be in order soon enough.Comment
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Yep, I bought the Netgear GS516T. You can see inside it on my other thread, I took it apart to look at it before I even plugged it in
I notice a performance increase even at 100MB speed. Only my NAS has gigabit right now, my main system will be upgraded tomorrow, as will my HTPC.Comment
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What other gear are you getting? I am thinking about upgrading my LAN, but the Netgear 1GB NIC is getting bad reviews.Comment
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My new Gigabyte Socket AM2 motherboard has onboard gigabit LAN, and my other systems will be getting Intel Pro/1000 GT cards.
I only bought two of the cards to start, one for my NAS and one for my HTPC. So far so good on the NAS, and I hope to install the card in the HTPC yet tonight so I can see just how fast it will be.Comment
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